Mark Ensalaco

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Mark Ensalaco

Associate Professor; Director of Human Rights Research

Full-Time Faculty

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Dr. Mark Ensalaco is an associate professor of political science and is the former director of the International Studies Program. In 2007 he became the director of the newly formed Human Rights Studies program which, through the Department of Political Science, now offers a Bachelor of Arts degree in Human Rights. He joined the UD faculty in 1989.

Courses Taught

Politics of Human Rights

Comparative Politics: Latin American

United States-Latin America Relations

Political Violence

Intro to Comparative Politics

Degrees

Ph.D. Political Science, State University of New York, 1991

M.T.S. Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University, 1984

B.A. (Magna Cum Laude) State University of New York at Buffalo, Department of Classics, 1981

Ensalaco, M. "The Church and the Immigration Crisis." Conference on Ecclesiology and Exclusion. University of Dayton. May 18, 2011.

Ensalaco, M. "Catholic Colleges and Universities in the Movement to Abolish Modern-Day Slavery." Invited Presentation to the Coalition of Catholic Organizations against Human Trafficking and United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Washington, D.C.. November 15, 2011.

"Campaign to Ban Torture: American Voices for American Values." In conjunction with the Center for the Victims of Torture. University of Dayton, October 2008.

"Freedom from Fear and Want: A Human Rights Perspective on Immigration." Presented at the First Miami Valley Forum on Immigration: Challenges and Opportunities for Immigrants in the Dayton Area, 27 February 2008.

"The Challenge of Human Rights after 9/11." Presented at a conference on The Future of Human Rights Education: Bridging Theory and Practice, The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C.., 16 February 2007.

"Article 25: A Human Rights Perspective on the Immigration Debate." Presented at "Coming to America: Challenges Facing Immigrants in the United States," organized by The Dayton Peace Museum, 8 November 2007.

"Truth Commissions: Do They Do Justice to Justice: The Chilean Experience." Presented at a conference "Truth Commissions: Do They Do Justice to Justice?" Sponsored by the John J. Moakly Chair of Peace and Reconciliation. John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies, University of Massachusetts, Boston, 13-25 October, 2007.

"Adherence to the Law of War in the War on Terror," presented at a panel "America at a Crossroads: The Impact of the War on Terror," University of Dayton, 13 April 2007.